Ok... Here's Push Me's second chapter...
People, hold your nose and anyone from the southern states of USA, no offense meant by the accents... I'm not good at em... I'm from Ireland
Oh and by the way... If at any point Marie changes to Rogue... Review and say I done it wrong...
And yes, it is Riley from Illinois who bullied Kitty... I'm gonna make a direct reference soon... Soz for the confusion
At the final bell,Marie trudged down the corridor back towards her Maths class for the detention.
Cody would be a while. He always showed up late for detention, but his teachers thought nothing of it, and neither did she.
Sure enough, she reached her classroom, and the teacher instructed her to sit down, piling a stack of Triggernomatry ( IT'S EVEN HARD TO SPELL!) notes on her desk, instructing her to copy them.
Five minutes later Cody shuffled in to the class mumbling an excuse about football practice which had become second nature by now.
He sat next to Marie, smiling at her as he pulled the first of the notes in front of him and began copying.
Detention with Cody was always fun. He could amuse her without opening his mouth or moving his body. Simply a wave of the arm or roll of the eyes. This time it was a rude gesture aimed at the teachers back, involving shaking his wrist with his hand clenched. (You can think it means ''Goodbye'' if you want...)
Marie snickered, drawing the attention of the teacher from his place writing tomorrow's lesson on the board.
''Miss Darkholme? May I ask what's so funny? Perhaps detention isn't enough for you...''
'' Nothing sir... It was just... Fo'get it...''
After what seemed hours, the teacher glanced at his watch and waved them away, Marie waiting till she was a safe distance from the classroom to collapse with laughter.
Cody loved it when she laughed. It didn't come around to often, and it was the only time she looked care-free. Her laughs were always contagious, and he hadn't figured out why yet, but here he was laughing along with her as they headed for the front doors of the school.
'' Cody?' 'Marie muttered over her sundae.
Cody had stopped her at an ice cream palour on the way home, just to seal the evening. He looked up from his, noting the sincerity in her eyes, and placed his spoon on the table to show she had his complete attention. Marie blushed at his searching glance.
'' What's wrong, Marie? Was it the detention thing? I didn't mean to get you in trouble I...''
'' No. No, it's not that. It's about today...With Riley...''
His gaze stiffened. She knew how he hated that bitch... He had hated her since she first moved from Illinois, and tried to hit on him. At first he politely refused. Then he said he was spoken for.Finally he said straight to her face he wasn't interested, as the whole school laughed at her. That was the day he had dragged her away from the scene, the fuming and humiliated Riley, and any prying ears, and told her he loved her. She had cried and answered him in the same words.
She noticed the spoon tighten in his hand, and then relax as he strained a smile.
''What about her?''
Hisvoice was a little to casual. Marie knew he was trying really hard not to show his hatred towards her. He always seemed neutral to everyone. He was just a forgiving kinda guy.
''Ah... Ah wanted to say... Thanks... Y'know for sticking up for me?''
She looked up at him blushing. She knew she sounded like a first grader, but she felt better for saying it.
She felt his arms wrap round her as he pulled her into a hug.
'' Don't you worry 'bout her Marie,'' he whispered in her ear, '' Don't you worry 'bout her one bit...''
Marie felt her eyes sting as she tried to force back her tears, but the thought of Riley brought them on her all the time.
''Ah'm sorry Cody... Ah now I should stand up for myself. But... but Riley... she has every girl here round her little finger. If Ah pick a fight with one, they're all gonna gun after me... Ah...''
He silenced her by pressin his lips to hers.
'' Marie... I don't want you to pick a fight. I just want you to steer clear of Riley ok? If she starts aything with you, ignore her. She can't do anything except words Marie... Harmless words... She won't hit you or nothing while there's a teacher around ok? Don't you worry about her...''
He rocked her gently, giving her comforting kisses on her neck until she let out one last sobbed and raised her head again. He smiled again, this time at the state her mascara and eye shadow had got into on her face. After pointing this out to her, she retreated to the Bathroom to clear up, convieniantly re-emerging after he paid...
'' Well... this is it...'' Marie whispered, stopping him outside her house. She had rested her head on his shoulder all the way home, and was not to happy with having to move it, but she was running out of excuses for coming home late from Cody's,and she had a strange feeling Irene had known where she had been.
'' Yeah...'' Cody replied, searching in his football jacket pocket for something.
'' Here...'' he said, forcing something into her hands,and pulling them away before she could refuse them.
She gave him a puzzling look and opened the small box in her hands, to reveal a pair of Diamond earrings with a message written in the top.
'' C... Cody? How did you...?''
She looked up expecting to see him shuffling his feet, but instead saw... no-one...
He was gone.
Marie chuckled. He did this to her whenever he was embarresed by something he did or he'd given to her.
She sighed turning to go in, when the messege caught her eye again. He obviously wanted her to be alone when she read it... Well she was alone now...
She pickd it carefully out of the box, and unfolded it, revealing three simple words in his scrawl...
'' For My Rogue...''
